ʿĀtika bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib (

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: عاتكة بنت عبد المطلب) was an aunt of the Islamic prophet

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Biography

She was born in

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, the daughter of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim and

Fatima bint Amr Fāṭima bint ʿAmr ( ar, فاطمة بنت عمرو; died 576) was the grandmother of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and Ali ibn Abi Talib and one of the wives of Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim. She was from the Banu Makhzum clan of the Quraysh tri ...

, who was from the

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clan of the Quraysh tribe.Muhammad ibn Hisham Note 97. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). ''The Life of Muhammad''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. She married ‘Umar ibn Wahab ibn ‘Abd al-’Uzza ibn Quayy ibn Kilab and had a son called Zuhayr. She married Abu Umayya ibn al-Mughira of the

clan, thereby becoming the stepmother of Umm Salama. Atika's children were Abd Allah, Zuhayr, and Qurayba.Muhammad ibn Saad, ''Tabaqat'' vol. 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). ''The Women of Madina''. London: Ta-Ha Publishers. In March 624 she reported a frightening dream to her brother

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. She had dreamed that a camel had halted near Mecca and that its rider had shouted: "Come forth, O people, and do not leave your men to face a disaster that will come three days hence!" Then the man had climbed a mountain and thrown down a rock, which had shattered, spraying pieces on every building in the city. Abbas warned Atika not to tell anyone about this dream, but he told a friend, who told his father, and soon it was common knowledge in Mecca. Abu Jahl asked Abbas: "Are you not satisfied that your men should play the prophet, that your women should do so also? Atika has predicted that there will be war in three days. If the three days pass and nothing happens, we will write you down as the greatest liars in Arabia." Three days later, a messenger from Abu Sufyan arrived in the valley, stood up on his camel, and tore his shirt, shouting: "O Quraysh, the merchant-camels, the merchant-camels! Muhammad and his companions are lying in wait for your property, which is with Abu Sufyan. I do not think that you will overtake it. Help! Help!" Thus alerted, the Quraysh armed themselves for the

Battle of Badr The Battle of Badr ( ar, غَزْوَةُ بَدِرْ ), also referred to as The Day of the Criterion (, ) in the Quran, Qur'an and by Muslims, was fought on 13 March 624 CE (17 Ramadan (calendar month), Ramadan, 2 Anno Hegirae, AH), near the ...

.Muhammad ibn Ishaq, ''Sirat Rasul Allah''. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). ''The Life of Muhammad''. Oxford: Oxford University Press. However, Atika's brother Abu Lahab did not join the army, saying he was afraid of Atika's predictive dream. Atika became a

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in Mecca and joined the general

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. She outlived Muhammad, an elegy for whom is attributed to her. '' O eye! as long as you remain, shed tears'' ''in floods, for the best of mankind, Ahmad.'' ''O eye! prepare thyself to shed tears'' ''and weeping for the light of the land, Muhammad ...'' ''So weep for the blessed, favored by God, man of piety,'' ''supporter of right and guided with guidance ... ''Who will be left among us to receive revelations from Allah,'' every evening of today and tomorrow?''Muhammad ibn Saad. ''Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir''. Translated by Haq, S. M. (1972). ''Ibn Sa'd's Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir Volume II Parts I & II'', pp. 416-417. Delhi: Kitab Bhavan.

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